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November 20, 2007
Lucky For Richardson He's Not In The Lead
You know, it's hard to take Stantis seriously when he says he's not really a Republican, he's just a conservative who wants the best for America, when he comes up with strips like this. The whole "Hillary is using her being a woman as a political tool" is straight out of the Republican playbook, and Stantis is following it to a "t."
It's funny - I don't remember Hillary ever saying what Carmen/Stantis is claiming. What I do remember is the MEDIA saying she was doing it. Yet I never saw any footage of her saying "the boys are picking on me because I'm a girl" - instead, watching the debate I saw her say that they were after her because she's in the lead. But that's not nearly as good a story, is it?
Come on folks, let's face it: the media is picking the candidates for us, and there isn't anything we can do about it. Take this whole Bob Novak/Hillary/Obama nonsense from this weekend. Conservative columnist/CIA-outing traitor Bob Novak says that some Democrat in Hillary's camp (later corrected to be just some Democrat) says that Obama did something really bad (probably illegal!) in his past but they're not going to expose him - yet. At some point Novak might have reported that behind closed doors Obama called Hillary a doody head after hearing this, but that's unconfirmed as well.
Knowing that the media would pounce on this unsubstantiated sliming with zero proof, Obama made the big mistake of addressing it - making it an even bigger story. "Obama denies doing something sometime that was bad!" Then Hillary responds. All because the MEDIA, not Hillary or Obama, were the ones acting like children.
The really sad part? Much like with the media's framing of the Hillary/I'm a girl non-story, there's one big reason this story has gotten so much attention: in case you haven't noticed, Obama's BLACK. Shiver! See, he's a "strapping young buck" as Reagan would have called him back in the early 80s, so obviously it must be true that he did something bad years ago, because we can't trust the n******. Don't believe me? Boy, most people didn't have a problem accepting the sexist Hillary stuff, did they? And that's just because she's a weak little girl, not a strapping young buck that wants to steal our white women.
The media are one giant fiddle, and the Republicans have played them for years. Racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. are the bows. And too many people in our country are quick to accept what they say as fact and have no clue they're framing the issues in such a way that people think "oh well that makes sense." Joe Lunchpail sees the Hillary story and thinks, "Yup, she's a girl - I wouldn't doubt she's whining about the guys in the race going after her."
Just this morning I was watching CNN and they reported on the Al Jazeera journalist that was taken into custody by the US military back in April 2006 and had yet to be charged with a crime. The news report started by saying he was a journalist accused of a crime, and the military has "convincing evidence" that he was helping with the insurgency. Scary! And oh, by the way, he's been held for a year and a half without charges and they won't tell us what they're charging him with now or what this evidence is. But hey, the media told me that the military said he was bad, so that's good enough for me, right? The media told me that Hillary is using the "I'm a girl" defense, so that's good enough for me! The media told me that Obama did something bad...you know the drill. The message is delivered: you can't trust minorities, you have to elect old rich white men since they know what's best for America. Women are girlish, Blacks are thieves, Hispanics are lazy, Kucinich is too short, Edwards is an evil trial lawyer, blah blah blah. None of the Democrats are good enough to lead us, and the gender and race cards are the ones that get played first. But America's Mayor? He's dreamy. Your media at work, and the public laps it up because most of them don't know any better.
So let's watch Stantis use his 8-year-old girl to explain why Hillary is no better than a grade schooler. He's about on the same level as the "serious" journalists we have filling our TV screens. I mean if Stantis says it, it must be true!
Side note: Would Winslow really wear a hat that says "W the Coyote?" I doubt very much any "Democrat" would want to be associated with that particular letter.
Comments
Have you ever heard a Republican candidate complain that he was being picked on because he was rich, white, male Christian in a dark suit?
NO! You know why that is? Because none of them are "power-mad women".
Posted by: John at November 20, 2007 10:10 AM
...Did Carmen just admitted being a "power-mad woman"?
Posted by: AtmanRyu at November 20, 2007 11:15 AM
I guess it's not that hard to be swept up in the Republican lies...based on what I had read online and in the papers, I thought that Hillary was accusing her critics of being s*xist. It's not true, as the Furnace posts here. She never said any such thing, although some people have suggested that about her.
Whether Stantis believed media claims that were baseless as I did or is just perpetuating lies, his strip is pathetic today and always.
Posted by: Chris at November 20, 2007 04:35 PM
The media really can swing things in favor of certain candidates, and some of them are using it very effectively. Personally, I think that Obama deserves the Democratic nomination, and I think that Michael Bloomberg would have an excellent shot at the presidency if he runs as an independent. But the power of the media influences people so strongly, it's frightening. Hopefully people don't vote based on people like Scott Stantis.
As for Giuliani, he may get his reputation for being mayor of NYC during 9/11, but anyone who lived in New York during the rest of his time as mayor knows his true side...they probably won't be voting for him.
Posted by: Chris at November 20, 2007 06:14 PM
